Pony Diem begins her legacy challenge in a new neighborhood called Silver Bend. In her first week, she builds a basic house with a garden, befriends her neighbors, and opens a small business called Diem Digs selling rocks and bones she digs up. Her business is successful enough to expand, building a greenhouse to protect her food supply as it gets colder. By the end of the week her house and business are off to a good start, though she feels lonely without close friends in the new neighborhood.

1. Week 1
Pony Diem

2. So here I go again. Brand new challenge. *take deep breath*
Time for new beginnings, so here’s my latest simself. New
story, new haircut. Pony Diem, as in Carpe Diem. And of
course Bane, and I made my RL dog Hanna to be his mate.
I’ve pair them together before and they make the cutest
puppies. I forgot to randomly draw Pony’s challenge before I
started play her. So I’m defaulting to a scored legacy.

3. I inhaled the salty air of the beach. I still
couldn’t help but wonder if this was a good
idea. I had so many other stories to worry
about. Should I even bother to write my
own?

4. Bane woofed to get my attention. His eyes
begging for a treat. Who am I to resist those
big eyes. I gave Hanna a pat on the head. So
she wouldn’t get jealous.
I took another deep breath. We’re already
here so might as well try. This actually might
be a good thing for me.

5. I had the perfect floorplan in mind for my
house. But legacy funds don’t stretch far
when there’s walls to build. I still had to
plant a garden so I would be able to restock
my fridge.

6. People starting arriving making a beeline for
the beach after I greeted them. Waves are
irresistible. I could make friends later in the
tomatoes were in the ground. Though I don’t
actually like tomatoes.

7. I whipped up some hot dogs for my
neighbors. I had to get them away from my
beach some how.

8. Melissa Fancey finally struck up a conversion
with me. Apparently we both really like
dogs. Who knew, I had her pegged as a cat
person.

9. I didn’t quite have enough funds to buy my
community lot. So digging for treasure it is.
Maybe Steve actually hid some good stuff
around here.

10. Some of my guests didn’t get the hint that it
was time to go home. I didn’t care, I was so
exhausted from digging. Lucky he eventually
left.

11. The sounds of the waves woke me up the next
morning, my turn to spend a little time at the
beach. The dogs joined me, together we
watched the waves crash on the shore. I hope
to see Steve’s Bonnie Lass but I knew it was
still too early. He’s have a lot of searching
ahead of him to find my friends.

12. I couldn’t watch the ocean forever. The day
would start without me. Weeds were already
starting to smother my tomatoes. Couldn’t let
that happen.

13. I spent most of the day digging. Steve
apparently buried rocks and bones on this
particular island. Progress was slow to make
the 1600 I needed to buy my business.

14. But after awhile bones and stones add up. I
finally had enough to buy Diem Digs.

15. It was too late to go right away but I would
go first thing in the morning. I spent the day
relaxing. Watching the beach and playing
with my dogs.

16. Nothing like a tasty Dr. Sims before bed.

17. Of course chores must be done before fun.
Nothing gets dirtier than a shower exposed to
the ocean air.

18. My tomatoes were doing well in the fall air. I
actually felt excited for my first crop. The
plants were doing that well. Usually the pre
greenhouse crops struggled to survive.

19. I had to start small. No money for walls, just
enough for the register. Thankfully I had a
few extra bones in my inventory.

20. As I waited for customers I looked for more
things to sell. But the water lines are all
rather close to the surface and I managed to
drive shovel right through one.

21. I managed to find a few things. Including
the blue vase that’s worth so much. And a
few more rocks.

22. I didn’t stay long the rain was pouring.
Though it was nice to chat with some actual
people. It was difficult to convince anyone to
buy anything.

23. The rain was gone by the time I got home.
Though the day was still pretty overcast. But
I couldn’t let that ruin my perfectly good
lunchmeat sandwich.

24. Time was moving rather quickly. It was
already Thursday. I splurged a little and
purchased a tree. I couldn’t resist my front
yard was looking a little empty.

25. The second day at the shop was a better one.
Although even without the rain is was a little difficult to
sell my wares.
“Pony it’s a lovely rock, I’m sure, but com’n this isn’t
even a real shop. There’s no building no shelves. Why
would I want just a rock laying here in the dirt?” Brandi
said after my sales pitch.

26. Brandi was right. I needed to get things off
the ground. Of course it was a little hard to
build a shop with Brandon standing in the
way. But it was a start.

27. I went home exhausted. But before I could
climb into my tent Bane begged for some
much needed attention. I almost finished
teaching him to come here before my mind
had enough.

28. Friday morning I was back at it. Things
were going better.
“Wow Pony I never though I needed a bone
that badly. I think I must have one.” Jan
said starting to get excited.
Even Brandi was more interest. Now if only
someone would buy that vase.

29. FINALLY! I managed to talk Brandon into
buying the stupid vase. I decided to keep it
as a permanent stock item. $140.00 profit
every time I sell it. Not the greatest but the
best going for the store right now.

30. Chore time back home. My cleaning moods
come in spurts. This one lasted long enough
take care of the garden and clean the
counters. But not to fix the clogged toilets.
What can I say there is more fun things to
do.

31. Dog training is way more fun than unclogging
toilets.

32. Saturday I finished teaching Bane to Come
Here.

33. The weather was definitely starting to get a
little chilly. My tomatoes were almost ready to
harvest. Hopefully my winter vegatables would
do this well.

34. My last workday at Diem Digs for the week.
I don’t like to work on Sundays. I had a few
new pieces of permanent stock items to go
along with the vase.

35. Alvin gave my business the third star I
needed to get me to Rank 1. Yay! A free
thousand bucks. Good cause I decided
Saturday’s would be Reno Day.

36. Look I finally manage to close in the first
room. The entry hall, that’s going to double
as bedroom/bathroom for now. But eventually
it’ll be the entrance to the house, with access
to the garage and a patio area.

37. Along with a real bed for me, I got a bathtub
for the dogs. They were a bit ripe.

38. I also expanded the garden and dug out a
pond. The tomatoes were finally ready. I was
hoping to space out the crops to make sure I
never had out of food. But with the bounty to
tomatoes, maybe I’ll be good until the next
crop is ready.

39. It feels so good to put my own hard work in
the fridge.

40. And just as nice to crawl into a real bed,
albeit a crappy one.

41. I awoke with a start in the morning, it was
definitely getting colder. I had to get a
greenhouse built. I couldn’t risk losing my
only source of food.

42. I tended to the young plants first. No sense
in losing them to weeds.

43. I spent the day dedicated to digging. Again
mostly rocks and bones. But I managed to
find map and the orb tray decoration.

44. Not much luck today. After a frustrating
series of broken water mains. I did manage
to get part of the green house built. Next
week I could finish it. The one thing I won’t
wait until Reno Day.

45. I filled in my dig holes and went down my private slice of shore. My
first week here was over. I’d say I was pretty successful. Though I
couldn’t help but feel a little lonely. I hadn’t met anyone that I felt a
connection with. I gazed into the waves looking for signs of the
Bonnie Lass. This was a good idea of his. I actually felt relaxed like I
could write for once.
“I wondering what happening in Riverblossom?” I said to the waves
letting my mind sail across the ocean.

46.  Legacy
 .5 Founder point
 Money
 No current points
 Family Friends
 No current points
 Impossible wants
 No current points
 Platinum Graves
 No current points
 Ghosts
 No current points
 Business
 No current points
 Family Breed
 .5 Pet created in CAS
 .25 Mate created in
CAS
 Seasons
 No current points
 Bon voyage
 No current points
 Free Time
 No current points
 Collections
 No current points
 Master
 No current points
 Handicaps
 No current points
 Overflow
 No current points
 Penalty
 -3 Maxmotives

47. Rotation: Week 1
Households: 1 of 1
Playable Sims: 1
# Of Total
Residents(PS +
Gravestones): 1
Community Lots: 1
Business Districts: 0
Universities: 0
Downtown: No
SM: 2
Population: 2
CAS Available: 1
University Funds:
$0
# of Fires: 0
# of Burglaries: 0
# of
Electrocutions: 0
# of Graves: 0
Businesses:
Diem Digs – Pony
Diem – 1
Careers:

48. That’s it for Pony’s first week. Next week I add the
second simself to Silver Bend. Thai’s next on the list,
so he’ll be my next vic…erm friend. But before that I
have a Fabulares Animalia neighborhood to check out.
I have one last chapter I need to crank out.
Thankfully it’s already started. Now I just need to
finish it so I can past the torch now. Thankfully all you
wonderful people are very patient with me. I cannot
thank you enough.
Thanks for reading and happy simming!